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there is no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy and our future. we are up to the task and i hope president obama will join us in this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker john boehner there at the speaker's ceremonial office up on capitol hill. another set of dueling set of remarks by the president and the speaker. tonight you can watch both of them over on c-span a bit later this evening and watch them at our website c-span.org. we'll go to your calls. want to bring up one story from the "huffington post" about what the speaker put forward in terms of debt and deficit. tea party coalition rejects boehner proposal. the "cut, cap, and balance" coalition which boasts of hundreds of tea party groups and more than 100 gop lawmakers in its membership, citing two provisions in his proposal amount to deal breakers. call for creating a congressional commission and its inclusion of a balanced budget amendment according to the group is o
there is no symptom of big government more menacing than our debt. break its grip and we begin to liberate our economy and our future. we are up to the task and i hope president obama will join us in this work. god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> speaker john boehner there at the speaker's ceremonial office up on capitol hill. another set of dueling set of remarks by the president and the speaker. tonight you can watch both of them over on c-span a...
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but also the first latina, how big is the, that's a huge. then you have women, so data by women, valerie jared who's the senior advisor to the president and allin rosenthal in the white house and is there as a white house adviser on violence against women. that's the first time i've ever created a position like that in the white house and that is because i to the gobi is the president and vice president care about the issue of the violence against women so they have someone right there in the white house fighting for us. [applause] women obviously have unique, healthy and as you know one of the major pieces of legislation the president was able to get enacted in the affordable health care act which affected now 39 million people now have health care that didn't have it before the passage of our legislation. [applause] in the 2014 it will be illegal for insurance companies to deny women any coverage because of pre-existing illnesses or to charge more because they are women also to 15 million women who were uninsured to now game subsidies for
but also the first latina, how big is the, that's a huge. then you have women, so data by women, valerie jared who's the senior advisor to the president and allin rosenthal in the white house and is there as a white house adviser on violence against women. that's the first time i've ever created a position like that in the white house and that is because i to the gobi is the president and vice president care about the issue of the violence against women so they have someone right there in the...
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there's a lot to be done in security with such a big airport like dallas, for instance. let me go back to the dogs here. my understanding of the dollars and the metrics here, and again, if we can't correct the record here as a follow-up, my understanding is it costs roughly about $175,000 per whole body imaging machine, but the dogs are like $20,000-$3,000 to have a dog ready to go. i'm pretty sure those are the records, but to the point, the whole body imaging machines have something the dogs don't have. they is lobbyists. what's infearuating is the challenge is we have to increase the security. we have to become more secure. we can't give up every civil liberty and looking at every passenger naked in order to secure the airport. we need good dogs. the pentagon spending $19 billion came to the conclusion as i pointed out with the lieutenant colonels comments, the best way to find a bomb making device or materials is the canine. there's not enough emphasis on expending the use of dogs. they are friendly, noninvasive, effective, they are the single best weapon according t
there's a lot to be done in security with such a big airport like dallas, for instance. let me go back to the dogs here. my understanding of the dollars and the metrics here, and again, if we can't correct the record here as a follow-up, my understanding is it costs roughly about $175,000 per whole body imaging machine, but the dogs are like $20,000-$3,000 to have a dog ready to go. i'm pretty sure those are the records, but to the point, the whole body imaging machines have something the dogs...
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do we want to think big? yes, we all want to think big about how we can reduce the deficit and never have ourselves placed in a situation like this again. this is about past debts. it is not about making room for future spending. we did not begin to that level of conversation. -- we did not get into that level of conversation. >> do you think it is that likely? >> i am glad to hear that he said that. i certainly hope so. thank you. >> next, we will hear from a number of senate republicans on the debt ceiling and spending cuts. the utah senator starts off the briefing. this is 20 minutes. x we are here to announce that -- >> we are here to announce that we are introducing a piece of legislation. this is a proposal that would rates -- raised the debt limit by $2.40 trillion. it would make the increase conditioned upon the occurrence of three events. some significant immediate spending cuts. it would take us back to a topline it number, the same number that was found in legislation recently. it would contain sta
do we want to think big? yes, we all want to think big about how we can reduce the deficit and never have ourselves placed in a situation like this again. this is about past debts. it is not about making room for future spending. we did not begin to that level of conversation. -- we did not get into that level of conversation. >> do you think it is that likely? >> i am glad to hear that he said that. i certainly hope so. thank you. >> next, we will hear from a number of senate...
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you see the big one and go for it. this would reduce the funds that we are giving to the afghanistan security forces by $4 billion. they still have 2/3 and reduce it by $4 billion and return those funds to help the deficit. the $12.8 billion allocated to this fund is equivalent to the g.d.p. of afghanistan. they are at $$16 billion. let's understand this, we are giving the afghanistan people their entire g.d.p. and borrowing it from china and other places. this makes no sense. and we need to go after the big whale. six times the total annual revenue of the afghan government is what we are giving them. i understand these funds are used to provide assistance to the security forces of afghanistan and providing training and equipment supplies. i have seen soldiers killed over there. my constituents that were killed by afghanistan soldiers that we trained. we don't know which ones are taliban and we are training them and giving them weapons. roughly $6 billion of the $12.8 billion is for salaries and benefits. in light of t
you see the big one and go for it. this would reduce the funds that we are giving to the afghanistan security forces by $4 billion. they still have 2/3 and reduce it by $4 billion and return those funds to help the deficit. the $12.8 billion allocated to this fund is equivalent to the g.d.p. of afghanistan. they are at $$16 billion. let's understand this, we are giving the afghanistan people their entire g.d.p. and borrowing it from china and other places. this makes no sense. and we need to go...
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in between the big u.k. events, huge global event happened in the early hours of the first of may, osama bin laden, probably the best most wanted man was shot dead by americans peschel forces. osama bin laden had been living in a house in pakistan just an hour away from islamabad. helicopters raided the compound and landed a group of u.s. navy seals in a burst of gunfire, the al qaeda leader was killed, his body was. i see. americans celebrated his death in the world wondered about retaliation. i minister david cameron addressed the comment. >> we should remember in particular the brave servicemen and women from britain was given their lives in the fight against terrorism across the world. we should pay tribute especially to the british forces who played their part over the last decade in the hunt for bin laden. he was the man who is responsible for 9/11, which was not only an horrific killing of americans, but remains to this day the largest loss of british life in any terrorist attack. as that of the famil
in between the big u.k. events, huge global event happened in the early hours of the first of may, osama bin laden, probably the best most wanted man was shot dead by americans peschel forces. osama bin laden had been living in a house in pakistan just an hour away from islamabad. helicopters raided the compound and landed a group of u.s. navy seals in a burst of gunfire, the al qaeda leader was killed, his body was. i see. americans celebrated his death in the world wondered about retaliation....
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i mean, that's too big a number for everybody to really consider. so i broke it down to every family in the united states. every family's part of this $63 trillion of unfunded liabilities for medicare as it exists today is over $500,000. per family. $500,000 per family. of unfunded liabilities for medicare just in the next several decades. now, i don't know about most families but my family can't afford to pay $500,000 and neither can the government. mr. gingrey: if the gentleman will yield back to me for just a second and i've got a post that are points out just exactly what the gentleman from georgia, dr. broun, is saying. the c.b.o., if you look, colleagues, at the bottom of this poster, c.b.o. estimates individual and corporate income tax rates would have to rise by 90% through the year 2050 to finance medicare and medcare cade. and if medicare is not fixed, millions of workers today will lose the money that they have invested and indeed they have invested with that payroll tax over their many years of employment and i yield back. mr. broun: tha
i mean, that's too big a number for everybody to really consider. so i broke it down to every family in the united states. every family's part of this $63 trillion of unfunded liabilities for medicare as it exists today is over $500,000. per family. $500,000 per family. of unfunded liabilities for medicare just in the next several decades. now, i don't know about most families but my family can't afford to pay $500,000 and neither can the government. mr. gingrey: if the gentleman will yield...
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nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it is in areas it shouldn't be. if you read the constitution, you also read the enumerated pers which gives limited powers to the federal government and specifically states everything not listed here is reserved for the people in the states. the reason we have a $3.6 trillion, $3.7 trillion budget, is a trillion and a half of that or more is stuff that's not our sponsibility in the first place. sho look, i'm one of the few republicans that stands up and says i think we need to eliminate some of these tax loopholes, but i think
nowadays it is big business. when you have big business influence washington, d.c., people like yourself, this is what you are going to get. you cannot have foxes guarding the hen house. host: all right. your response. guest: if you talk about specific tax credits, i think he's right. i don't think it is just big business. i think it is the aarp, i think it is the big labor unions. i think it is everybody. the whole fact is the federal the whole fact is the federal government is too big and it...
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we are making a big mistake. if we think there is one, universal model of western democracy that at some point between now and 2050, if you think that is what the future of the world is going to look like, you are going to be one very disappointed person. the chances of western-style democracy emerging in any of these countries has to be between 0 and 5% at best. the possibility of alternative models is something that was raised by david wright at the begin -- at the beginning in his opening remarks. i want you to think seriously about what it implies. singapore is not worrying about the jasmine revolution. singapore is the model. think of china as a giant, technocratic singapore in which the one-party state evolves itself in ways to avoid the collapse of the soviet experience. the second point, and this is where differ, it is precisely when nations are struggling with problems of internal political reform and challenges from below that they are most likely to pursue a more selfish and aggressive foreign policy.
we are making a big mistake. if we think there is one, universal model of western democracy that at some point between now and 2050, if you think that is what the future of the world is going to look like, you are going to be one very disappointed person. the chances of western-style democracy emerging in any of these countries has to be between 0 and 5% at best. the possibility of alternative models is something that was raised by david wright at the begin -- at the beginning in his opening...
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in this very tight budget, it's a big challenge. we dealt with some cuts that had to be dealt with, but how we balance this with personnel and ensuring that we have a robust system and making sure the benefits are there, at the same time how do we balance with some of the infrastructure. i have a more detailed question that i'll submit for the record, but that's the gist of my question, how will you manage that to make sure we have the fighting men and women that we need but at the same time deal with some severe budget constraints. so i'll just submit that for the record, if that's okay. >> okay, senator. thanks. >> thank you very much. good luck. >> senator graham? >> thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations on your nomination. i know you'll do a good job, and your family is proud, and this is a special time in your life. but iraq. there are increasing reports coming from iraq that iran is introducing weapons into iraq and to shiite hands, iups and more rockets. is that generally true? >> i've heard both general austin and others
in this very tight budget, it's a big challenge. we dealt with some cuts that had to be dealt with, but how we balance this with personnel and ensuring that we have a robust system and making sure the benefits are there, at the same time how do we balance with some of the infrastructure. i have a more detailed question that i'll submit for the record, but that's the gist of my question, how will you manage that to make sure we have the fighting men and women that we need but at the same time...
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we are one big family. now, the guys who got here almost a week ago share with us our brilliant international space station. >> it is a wonderful testimony to the human spirit. you need to be like a family because i'm assuming you have to share pretty cramped quarters and a bathroom. my wife and my daughters are always crowding me out. so, hopefully, you guys have a more organized arrangement then we do. that absolutely, mr. president. we actually have three bathrooms on board, and we have a gym. we have several bedrooms. it is probably one of the more spacious homes that there is outside of planet earth. the well, look, while this mission marks the final flight of the space shuttle program, it also ushers in an exciting new era to push the frontiers of space exploration and human space flight people subject back -- human space flight. you will continue to operate the iss for coming years and seek to advance technology and development. our task nasa with an addition to developing new systems and kinds of sp
we are one big family. now, the guys who got here almost a week ago share with us our brilliant international space station. >> it is a wonderful testimony to the human spirit. you need to be like a family because i'm assuming you have to share pretty cramped quarters and a bathroom. my wife and my daughters are always crowding me out. so, hopefully, you guys have a more organized arrangement then we do. that absolutely, mr. president. we actually have three bathrooms on board, and we...
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w but we just took a big run at getting our health care costs icck in line. def $1.3 trillion in deficit savingo according to cbo. mr. president, in conclusion,w f the overview of the budgethat framework that we are offering our colleagues for their $ consideration provides $4 trillion in deficit reductios over ten years. it's actually 5 trillion if measured on the same basis as the fiscal commission.hat we we have adopted what we think is a more plausible baseline int light of things that haveed s happened so far this year. still lies the debt by 2014, tht deficit to 2.5% of gdp by 2015 and 1.3% by 2021. tax r but tax reform that simplifieso, that goes after offshore tax havens and tax shelters and previews fairness and we rejectt the house gop plan to end the to medicare as we know it andwe prt protect education, energy andins infrastructure investments.ic we have balance the deficit and debt reduction plans, cuttinging spending by about $2 trillion, providing additional revenue by about $2 trillion. as let me conclude as i began by r saying ourev revenue p
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casey anthony has been a big hit. i do not see any alternative to the market making these decisions. for all that we belabor the simpson case, even that case had important public benefits. just to cite the most important, the public recognition and embrace of dna evidence as an important tool in law enforcement and in convicting the guilty and freeing the innocent. the fact that we have jurors who know about dna evidence and respect -- expected, that is a positive thing for a system that tries to be as accurate as possible. i wish the public was interested in nothing but high-minded cases. the fourth circuit audiences would get the same audience as casey anthony. but i lived in the real world. i do not see any alternative to letting the market decide what it's broadcasted and what does not. >> one more round. he said that the interest this law. the problem is that the public interest in race, sex, murder, abduction, it is very big. that is why we know about casey anthony. that is why the question is, what are we tryin
casey anthony has been a big hit. i do not see any alternative to the market making these decisions. for all that we belabor the simpson case, even that case had important public benefits. just to cite the most important, the public recognition and embrace of dna evidence as an important tool in law enforcement and in convicting the guilty and freeing the innocent. the fact that we have jurors who know about dna evidence and respect -- expected, that is a positive thing for a system that tries...
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itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default byt b getting social security checks out shouldn't be a problem. i we pro. heard their republican member onon public radio this pt weekend say that a pirate for social security checks taxes in the trust fund. well, yes, we have $2.6 trilliot in assets in the trust fund, but they are all in treasuries securities, not cash. i find it just stunning that a a member of congress let alone a i member of the budget committee understand the most basic functioning of our government. lit now, if there is no debt limit increase, treasury may be able to juggle payments to get social security checks out on
itself.he i keep hearing some members talk about the august 2 deadline as is if it is no big deal. they say they have their owneal theories about when the real deadline is. that just leaves me dumbfounded. i for one i'm going to take the treasury secretary and virtually every economist at their word.ot we need a solution before august august 2 or we risk economicstr. catastrophe. who there are some members who are essentially saying that the treasury can pirate sites payments to avoid default...
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it is your job, and that is why you get the big bucks. >> mr. green was asking about william cullen bryant and whether history was kind to him. giamatti wasul they mon kind to you? >> i have not seen it. >> his beard was like yours. let me turn to the fiscal restrictions that have come into play. it looks like there was a huge surge in federal spending. and my reading about rights? >> it looks like 2009. >> i see what you are saying. yes, sir. >> there was a big expenditure, but in the first quarter of this year, a substantial drop. am i reading that right? >> yes. >> in my law practice i did a lot of chapter 11 bankruptcy work, and i do not think this country is near bankruptcy. we have fiscal management and we have to undertake, but you do not pay every bill overnight, because that puts you back into the troubles you are already in. i believe this country is going to keep going. how would you explain the cuts that keep happening in this quarter. is that how you would like to see fiscal policy? >> sorry not to be to direct. i will not get into
it is your job, and that is why you get the big bucks. >> mr. green was asking about william cullen bryant and whether history was kind to him. giamatti wasul they mon kind to you? >> i have not seen it. >> his beard was like yours. let me turn to the fiscal restrictions that have come into play. it looks like there was a huge surge in federal spending. and my reading about rights? >> it looks like 2009. >> i see what you are saying. yes, sir. >> there was a...
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serious crediblethat t big substantial thing to do with theges debt, you're in big trouble. li so i would submit to the biggest's one ve issue is not the debt limit.raised. the debt limit is the easiest s we issue. that's when away from being too raised. our biggest issue is the debt and the fact is as we speak we shoul there's no plan in place to begin to do anything about it. our credit is in danger because of this amount so we should be substan focused on like a laser. to available a substantial plan the look like? let's take it from the weights of these credit companies. it has destabilized that since i4 trillion mht began to show deficits come down.h. do. we know 1.5 chilliness not enough. we know for trillion might beence. enough. this is what we need to do. so how do you do th'sis?hat hav t o i do get their? it's not rocket science. it's a pretty simple mix of mone to things that have to happen. you have to stop spending three you k and you can't use any more money than you have. if you're in debt and you keeply goi firing, a lot of more money thanhing you h you take
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that obviously remains a big problem. i think that we are going to have to try to dig through all of those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. i think it is time we focus on a mission where we are training security forces and working to provide stability against taliban and the kind of structure that we need to support going after al qaeda on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. perhaps it is time to shut down $17 billion worth of money going for reconstruction projects when our track record really stings when it comes to reconstruction projects. i hope that you all will convince me that i have become cynical and angry and frustrated about the way we are spending money in theater. i am looking for good news, and i hope we hear some today. but i think it
that obviously remains a big problem. i think that we are going to have to try to dig through all of those problems today. i will tell you that if we do not get some strong, substantive answers, that every dime spent in afghanistan on reconstruction is being spent wisely and being spent with the kind of oversight that we would expect if we were building a highway down the road in the united states of america. i think it is time we focus on a mission where we are training security forces and...
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and i see this big orange glob right here into the future. and i realize it's the bush-era tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires and how fair is that to those living on medicare and social security. i look at the wars. some would argue that those wars are unsustainable into the future and yet they comprise a substantial portion of our long-term debt because they were never paid for when we engaged in those. i looked at the trouble assets relief program into the future. but what i see there is this thin blueish line and what this means is that we have paid that back under the obama administration and democratic control of the congress. and then we have this big glob here that's about the current economic downturn and it strikes me if the congress really wanted to do something if the majority wanted to do something, leave medicare alone, leave social security alone, leave medicaid alone. focus on getting jobs and 27 million people back to work so they can contribute to our tax base and contribute to medicare and social security. do a jobs
and i see this big orange glob right here into the future. and i realize it's the bush-era tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires and how fair is that to those living on medicare and social security. i look at the wars. some would argue that those wars are unsustainable into the future and yet they comprise a substantial portion of our long-term debt because they were never paid for when we engaged in those. i looked at the trouble assets relief program into the future. but what i see there...
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s'mores are big for us. i would rather have them at home. so -- who hasn't had a question the past couple days? you? >> you talked a little about kind of the mood in the room and how you're getting kind of get up with some of the discussions -- >> we are set up. i'm saying the president has more patience than job. i don't compete with him in that regard. >> the meeting when it broke down yesterday and president slammed back his chair and stood up and said, see you tomorrow. i'm wondering if you can talk about generally the mood of the meeting last night throughout the whole thing and what happened yesterday? >> i don't understand the problem is if the president of the united states after a meeting over two hours stands up and says see you tomorrow. that's how meetings with president's end. you don't leave first. the president leaves first. so that was completely appropriate, unless somebody in the room thought he or she should have the last word and start the exit from the meeting. but that would be i think a breach of protocol. >> you talke
s'mores are big for us. i would rather have them at home. so -- who hasn't had a question the past couple days? you? >> you talked a little about kind of the mood in the room and how you're getting kind of get up with some of the discussions -- >> we are set up. i'm saying the president has more patience than job. i don't compete with him in that regard. >> the meeting when it broke down yesterday and president slammed back his chair and stood up and said, see you tomorrow....
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this is a big step forward. it is a move that we believe is absolutely necessary, because many of us believe that we can't find their future congress and because we can find a future congress or a simple legislative act, through simple statute, to cut three or $4 billion right now in order to make sort of a down payment on the debt limit increase is a promise that could become illusory if it is not accompanied by something else. the one way that we can find a future conference -- congresses through a constitutional amendment. we are identifying here today that this is one way that we could raise the debt limit. some of us have signed a pledge saying that we would not raise the debt limit unless these conditions have been satisfied. i'm one of those people. others among us have not signed the pledge, but have indicated that they would be willing to raise the debt limit in this circumstance and i think senator roy blunt from missouri for making the suggestion a few weeks ago that we consider doing something like t
this is a big step forward. it is a move that we believe is absolutely necessary, because many of us believe that we can't find their future congress and because we can find a future congress or a simple legislative act, through simple statute, to cut three or $4 billion right now in order to make sort of a down payment on the debt limit increase is a promise that could become illusory if it is not accompanied by something else. the one way that we can find a future conference -- congresses...
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we need to grow this economy in a big-time way. stronger and faster economic growth is the best way to successfully put americans back to work. to generate that growth and create those jobs, we must clear away the impediments government has imposed. we must reduce the uncertainty that discourages business from expanding and hiring. we must stop wringing our hands and start acting quickly and boldly to solve our problems. we must recapture what america can do, that americans. that will install new confidence in consumers and investors. growth will not solve all of our nation's challenges right away, but we can do a helluva lot more with growth and we can do without it. businesses will get more customers, government will get more revenues, and more importantly, americans will get more jobs if we focus on growth. so what must we do to get the stronger and faster growth we need to put americans back to work? i would like to suggest a few steps. some that can help create joe -- growth and jobs right away, and others will help over a lon
we need to grow this economy in a big-time way. stronger and faster economic growth is the best way to successfully put americans back to work. to generate that growth and create those jobs, we must clear away the impediments government has imposed. we must reduce the uncertainty that discourages business from expanding and hiring. we must stop wringing our hands and start acting quickly and boldly to solve our problems. we must recapture what america can do, that americans. that will install...
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the oil spill is a pretty big deal for us. we have questions. i find two buildings about every week and over the yellows are river. it provides so many good shots to her community, just like the river is a part of montana's culture, so is the energy. montana is a warehouse of energy options. we've got it all, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, cool, biofuels. exceptions help us provide energy this country needs to end our addiction to foreign oil and create good paying jobs. the reason i point this out is simple. other might be some people out there who think we should develop our resources without any regard for the environment, that's not me. there are others who think we should stop all human impact on the environment whatsoever. that i'm either. none of these options work. and a fifth montana. i hope to pass it off. i'll be a rancher after he leaves congress. ironically i have a pipeline that crisscrosses my branch. at the conoco pipeline and i can begin to tell you what good neighbors they have been. they flag it, monitor, work it. i receive
the oil spill is a pretty big deal for us. we have questions. i find two buildings about every week and over the yellows are river. it provides so many good shots to her community, just like the river is a part of montana's culture, so is the energy. montana is a warehouse of energy options. we've got it all, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, cool, biofuels. exceptions help us provide energy this country needs to end our addiction to foreign oil and create good paying jobs. the reason i point...
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big entitlement programs. st too is on and on this americy sustainable path. the average american pays about $110,000 into medicare over his or her life time. but on average, the average american was used to benefit mec over $300,000 undramatic care. there again, it is not tough. in that is unsustainable with the n average american pays $110,000 receives the benefit of theentlt $300,000.am. ycial security, and other huges entitlement program.s this year it's taking in less than its spending on current retirees. that did reckoning was going to be several years down the road. it has been accelerated. h it is here and it tears now,n right now. social security is taking in an giving tax revenue less than it's getting and paying out benefits to retirees. and so what does this mean thath been up and up so we have mores new debt under thisebt administration, more new debt ci under president, then the debt compiled under all of theed previous presidents combined rgth george bush to the nest geo george -- the latest ge
big entitlement programs. st too is on and on this americy sustainable path. the average american pays about $110,000 into medicare over his or her life time. but on average, the average american was used to benefit mec over $300,000 undramatic care. there again, it is not tough. in that is unsustainable with the n average american pays $110,000 receives the benefit of theentlt $300,000.am. ycial security, and other huges entitlement program.s this year it's taking in less than its spending on...
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not a big deal. i'm going to keep this promise to you and that's how they get elected year after year making promises. pt time has come to say, these promises can't be kept. you know what? i think this freshman class of republicans have said we aren't going to lie to you anymore. we're going to tell you the truth. the truth is we can't continue on this course. we are going to level with you and say we have to reform it and save. we can't continue to borrow and not have substantial economic consequences for the next generation, we have to fix it. you may not want to hear it, but it's the truth. we aren't going to lie to you anymore. once we all know where we're at as a country, we can come together as a country, how do we fix the problem that we face as a country. when we have one party that doesn't want to acknowledge the problems that we face and want to mislead the american people about those problems, it's hard to have an honest conversation. i didn't come here to misrepresent the american people.
not a big deal. i'm going to keep this promise to you and that's how they get elected year after year making promises. pt time has come to say, these promises can't be kept. you know what? i think this freshman class of republicans have said we aren't going to lie to you anymore. we're going to tell you the truth. the truth is we can't continue on this course. we are going to level with you and say we have to reform it and save. we can't continue to borrow and not have substantial economic...
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what better than from an editor from a big title? so you're going to have to involve yourselves at the top of the media world, otherwise you will not survive. it's been proven you won't survive because you have to be able to play the game and you have to be able to deal in information which means that, that is not about giving information. it's about making sure that you are providing the information which is keeping the media satisfied. >> maybe so but you're also the head of the most press he tige just police force in this country and you have somebody who is working for you who works for an organization or worked for an organization which under investigation, surely you must smell a rat there? there is something wrong. all these people who resigned, none of them did anything wrong. rebeckah brooks didn't do anything wrong. andy colson didn't do anything wrong. why are they all gone? >> if we wait until the investigation is done we might know the answer to that the bottom of this for me, the when ever the police actually do take ac
what better than from an editor from a big title? so you're going to have to involve yourselves at the top of the media world, otherwise you will not survive. it's been proven you won't survive because you have to be able to play the game and you have to be able to deal in information which means that, that is not about giving information. it's about making sure that you are providing the information which is keeping the media satisfied. >> maybe so but you're also the head of the most...
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there is a hell of a big difference. .. this is all good, there was nothing intrinsically sound about having backend the good old days the democratic party that encompassed both pros segregation southerners and of northeast liberals. we submit the overlap and the cohesiveness but he said this was nonsense and we have a more educated electorate we have less crosscutting relationships where we fight during the day about one issue and have bureau of might and our friends on other issues and this is something jim talked about every issue becomes left and right and predictable we are less likely to hover locations where our enemies become friends. there's a saying that they are enemies, we marry them and nothing of those sort of crosscutting relationships are the essential to keep those societies together and now, you know, they've got match.com, one of the things the match people on mr. politics and there's few locations in d.c. where enemies are friends and the sites get mixed up. >> it's a tolerance issue i think the competit
there is a hell of a big difference. .. this is all good, there was nothing intrinsically sound about having backend the good old days the democratic party that encompassed both pros segregation southerners and of northeast liberals. we submit the overlap and the cohesiveness but he said this was nonsense and we have a more educated electorate we have less crosscutting relationships where we fight during the day about one issue and have bureau of might and our friends on other issues and this...
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it means that big company that have lots of product or big, expensive products can afford to get a functional exemption because it's a very complicated petition would you have to file with us. they can afford to file the petition, all the supporting work and everything. and then we can exempt them. but for small needs, for these same exact materials that do not harm a child, i don't think , you know that they probably would be able to afford either the weight for us to act on it or the cost to put the petition together. so that in particular to me, you know, is not a good way to go about easing this. making the observing ability a useful exception would make a huge difference. >> did you want to add on to that. i wanted to disagree. >> somebody else may give time to do that. i've got one more thing to say because i'm running out of time. i did hear from several of you as i was lessening to this testimony that you all, at least a couple of you, made mention that perhaps the legislation created more of the problem than i think both you and you, commissioner. the legislation created more of the
it means that big company that have lots of product or big, expensive products can afford to get a functional exemption because it's a very complicated petition would you have to file with us. they can afford to file the petition, all the supporting work and everything. and then we can exempt them. but for small needs, for these same exact materials that do not harm a child, i don't think , you know that they probably would be able to afford either the weight for us to act on it or the cost to...
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we said we're going to reduce the fund big 16%. we detailed in our report some of the things that are of interest to us and we actually are going to take a look at privatizing the entire government printing office. but once again, so much of that is driven by this title 44. already, the g.p.o. has announced a buyout program. they're going to reduce their work force by 15% through this buyout program, that's 330 positions and any further significant changes are going to require a change in this printing law. so while i think the gentleman makes some good points, i want to say we looked at the facts, reduced spend big 16%, we think that's appropriate and i urge a no vote on this amendment. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from indiana is recognize. mr. stutzman: mr. chairman, i yield myself one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. stutzman: i do appreciate the point about the responsibilities of the g.p.o. and that they are required by law to print certai
we said we're going to reduce the fund big 16%. we detailed in our report some of the things that are of interest to us and we actually are going to take a look at privatizing the entire government printing office. but once again, so much of that is driven by this title 44. already, the g.p.o. has announced a buyout program. they're going to reduce their work force by 15% through this buyout program, that's 330 positions and any further significant changes are going to require a change in this...
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that is my big objection. who did you tell? did mr. nelson know about this? >> about the investigation? >> yes. >> i briefed him -- >> when did he know about it? when you started it come on you can see their? >> i'm not sure when he was aware of the investigation. >> or did you make aware of this investigation? >> when the investigation first initiated and i believe in november we sent -- we sent a briefing of the first part of december. >> to whom? >> to my supervisor. >> mr. mcmahon, what did you do? >> when i was briefed on the investigation i passed up the chain. this was an investigation. we had pretty early on what the title "operation fast and furious" came on with a large amount of people who are buying guns in the short amount of time and having recovered in mexico. but we had was purchased in the u.s., recoveries in mexico. we didn't have what was in between and that's what the agents in phoenix are trying to prove. >> so you all thought this was a great idea? this particular investigation of finding gunstock in mexico. >> we didn't have an investig
that is my big objection. who did you tell? did mr. nelson know about this? >> about the investigation? >> yes. >> i briefed him -- >> when did he know about it? when you started it come on you can see their? >> i'm not sure when he was aware of the investigation. >> or did you make aware of this investigation? >> when the investigation first initiated and i believe in november we sent -- we sent a briefing of the first part of december. >> to...
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he did exactly what they should not do. >> he makes a very big point. when you see what he said, he saw that it was cleared in advance. we do not live in a country or the prime minister's ordering who should be arrested. >> he made a statement on monday. there were two words that were not mentioned. we were not in a situation where his best buddy was working for us. did he know that neil wallace was giving advice? >> no. . i did not know that. i was unaware of that. i think this is important. one of the issues is the transparency and information that there was. there was no hiding the fact that they had this. >> i want to thank you for the announcement. he has said that all governments have been far too close to the media giants. that means no more back door living to no. 10. there are cabinet papers. there are recommendations for it to be implemented. >> i accept the plea make about transparency. there are of official business meetings with media executives. with relation, the fact is not whether he came in through the back or front door, but was it de
he did exactly what they should not do. >> he makes a very big point. when you see what he said, he saw that it was cleared in advance. we do not live in a country or the prime minister's ordering who should be arrested. >> he made a statement on monday. there were two words that were not mentioned. we were not in a situation where his best buddy was working for us. did he know that neil wallace was giving advice? >> no. . i did not know that. i was unaware of that. i think...
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social media helps us to see how big the ocean is and how big our reach can be. it helps us realize we are not just a wave. we are part of a much larger movement. my question to you is, how does it help foster engagement? if you could share some examples from the work you do. if you feel you have a good response, you can chime in. how the social media help? >> one way is because no longer do people have to wait for an organization to come to them and ask them to vote or to serve or to get their friends involved in something. they can stand up and say this is what is important to me. i want to do that. it is helping to foster a power shift in terms of becoming less centralized and the coming to a network based strategy and seeing how empowering their supporters to be advocates on their behalf actually decreases them of their workload and gets more people involved in the process. that is important. i think social media provides a low-cost, low barrier of entry, easy way for people to take action where they might not have been able to otherwise before, whether it is
social media helps us to see how big the ocean is and how big our reach can be. it helps us realize we are not just a wave. we are part of a much larger movement. my question to you is, how does it help foster engagement? if you could share some examples from the work you do. if you feel you have a good response, you can chime in. how the social media help? >> one way is because no longer do people have to wait for an organization to come to them and ask them to vote or to serve or to get...
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it is a big deal. the current course we're all, we will have added 15 trillion dollarsto $60 trillion over 12 years. if we can keep cutting $1 trillion over that deficit every 10 years, then in 150 years we can balance the budget. we can all come out of my 207th birthday and had a celebration. if we are able to raise it to $2 trillion over the next 10 years, it is even better news out all maybe one header 37 -- i will only be 137 years old. i know the hearts of the republicans i am serving with. did they want to do the right thing. they really do want to do what is right for the country. people are saying this is not the best place for a fight. let's wait and have the fight on the debt ceiling. now we are on the debt ceiling and we are told this is not the best place to fight. but wait until november of 2012. >> boo. >> we have never quit fighting. those who founded this country 1/3 supportednly the king because they were afraid of what free them may mean. about 1/3 did not mean anything. american chan
it is a big deal. the current course we're all, we will have added 15 trillion dollarsto $60 trillion over 12 years. if we can keep cutting $1 trillion over that deficit every 10 years, then in 150 years we can balance the budget. we can all come out of my 207th birthday and had a celebration. if we are able to raise it to $2 trillion over the next 10 years, it is even better news out all maybe one header 37 -- i will only be 137 years old. i know the hearts of the republicans i am serving...
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which is admittedly big. which is admittedly big. there are very, very clear provisions making sure that we are going to make massive cuts in programs for working families, for the elderly, for the chirp. -- children. those are black and white cuts. what about the revenue? well, it's kind of vague, kind of vague. the projection is maybe we'll raise over a ten-year period $100 billion in revenue. where that's coming from? from the wealthiest people in the country? coming from large corporations who are enjoying huge tax breaks? mr. president, that is not clear at all. what happens if we don't reach that revenue of a trillion dollars? what mechanism is in place to say that it happens? that mechanism, in fact, does not exist at all. what we do know, and we don't, and in fairness i think the authors of this proposal would acknowledge this, this is not all the details that are out there, but certainly i want middle class families to understand that when we talk about increase revenues, you know where that comes fr
which is admittedly big. which is admittedly big. there are very, very clear provisions making sure that we are going to make massive cuts in programs for working families, for the elderly, for the chirp. -- children. those are black and white cuts. what about the revenue? well, it's kind of vague, kind of vague. the projection is maybe we'll raise over a ten-year period $100 billion in revenue. where that's coming from? from the wealthiest people in the country? coming from large corporations...
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that was a big fight when we came in, president came in, that was a big fight. out of compromise, he said, let's be fair. and so you can see the bush tax cuts, 37% of our debt. 37%. so to talk about why we're here, look at what the republicans have done. and then you have the iraq war, 11%, so it's interesting that now they're going to be fiscally responsible but yet they are the cause of the debt. let me finish by just saying that i am glad to be here with the congressional black caucus, i want to rename the bill as the tap dance, losers club and bust the american people bill. bust the safety net for america. and i want to thank the gentlelady by simply saying, i love this country and i believe we can come together. i have great respect for my colleagues who have a different view. but what i beg of them to do is to take the constitution and cherish it like we all do and that opening part that says, we the people, we are now calling on republicans and democrats and members of the tea party who are in this congress to be part of the we the people and let us not i
that was a big fight when we came in, president came in, that was a big fight. out of compromise, he said, let's be fair. and so you can see the bush tax cuts, 37% of our debt. 37%. so to talk about why we're here, look at what the republicans have done. and then you have the iraq war, 11%, so it's interesting that now they're going to be fiscally responsible but yet they are the cause of the debt. let me finish by just saying that i am glad to be here with the congressional black caucus, i...
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it was a big deal in those days when someone traveled from michigan or louisiana to washington, to help run the social service programs in the district of columbia. in the days before home rule in washington, it was the political wives working with the african-american women who lived there to stitch together a safety net for the citizens of the nation's capitol. there was always the challenge of the political wife to entertain on no money at all, and, of course, she was expected to be the perfect wife and mother. mrs. ford played all those roles, and i'll tell you boy scout mother sounds sweet until you've tried it. [laughter] sunday schoolteacher, leader in the congressional wives prayer group, and yet her official title as it was for most political wives was housewife. it was a title she shared with many american women, and it gave her a great understanding about what women's lives were like. she said once being a good housewife seems to be a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it. she was giving words to the dirty little secret that men always knew. over t
it was a big deal in those days when someone traveled from michigan or louisiana to washington, to help run the social service programs in the district of columbia. in the days before home rule in washington, it was the political wives working with the african-american women who lived there to stitch together a safety net for the citizens of the nation's capitol. there was always the challenge of the political wife to entertain on no money at all, and, of course, she was expected to be the...
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big pharma in this .. fought against any type of health care reform, has made it very expensive. the cost of insulin has increased from about $32 a vial to over $50 a vial. since the health care bill was passed in congress, it is impossible for me to believe that insulin production costs have increased over 100%, or route 100% -- or around 100%. something is going on, and i think it is called greed. i would like the commentators and addressed the issue of healthcare in this country -- if you are willing to provide it people like me with any type of reasonable health care coverage -- they are allowed to continue their criminal behavior. guest: you mentioned that pharmaceuticals opposing health- care reform. that is not the case. we want to make sure that everybody has access to affordable health insurance. we are very much supportive of that . your comment about greed, i just don't agree with that. and a standby people have that perspective, but that is not -- i understand why people have that perspective, but that is not what our companies are about. the government needs to conti
big pharma in this .. fought against any type of health care reform, has made it very expensive. the cost of insulin has increased from about $32 a vial to over $50 a vial. since the health care bill was passed in congress, it is impossible for me to believe that insulin production costs have increased over 100%, or route 100% -- or around 100%. something is going on, and i think it is called greed. i would like the commentators and addressed the issue of healthcare in this country -- if you...
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this small amount of money paid big dividends in the islands. the northern mariana islands were awarded $1.2 million in technical assistance to develop geothermal resources to generate electricity. we pay up to 40 cents per kilowatt hour now because we have to buy expensive foreign oil to power our generators. these funds are helping to develop our own domestic energy resources and cutting these funds sends us in the wrong direction, back into the the arms of foreign oil -- back into the arms of foreign oil interests. i do appreciate the small fund increases. i am disappointed however that the bill targets the environmental protection agency for cuts. the ranking member of fisheries, wildlife, oceans and other committees which have jurisdiction, i am also troubled over the allocations in this bill which would be devastating for the environment and for the preservation of america's natural heritage. h.r. 2584 provides inadequate funding for the fish and wildlife service at levels 21% below fiscal year 2011 and 30% below fiscal -- the president's
this small amount of money paid big dividends in the islands. the northern mariana islands were awarded $1.2 million in technical assistance to develop geothermal resources to generate electricity. we pay up to 40 cents per kilowatt hour now because we have to buy expensive foreign oil to power our generators. these funds are helping to develop our own domestic energy resources and cutting these funds sends us in the wrong direction, back into the the arms of foreign oil -- back into the arms...
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how about ending wasteful subsidies to big agriculture companies? how about asking billionaire hedge fund managers to pay the same tax rates as their secretaries? the truth is that the best way to deal with our long-term fiscal situation is to grow our economy. that means creating jobs and putting people back to work. the last election i thought was about jobs. we haven't talked about jobs at all since the new republican majority became -- came to power. that means investing in things like education and infrastructure and green technology and medical research. that's the kind of economic future the american people deserve. the boehner default plan would take us exactly in the wrong direction and urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reject it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california has 5 1/2 minutes remaining. the gentleman is recognized. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, as i listen to my friend from the other side of the aisle, mr. mcgovern, t
how about ending wasteful subsidies to big agriculture companies? how about asking billionaire hedge fund managers to pay the same tax rates as their secretaries? the truth is that the best way to deal with our long-term fiscal situation is to grow our economy. that means creating jobs and putting people back to work. the last election i thought was about jobs. we haven't talked about jobs at all since the new republican majority became -- came to power. that means investing in things like...
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candidly, that's a big step back from where we were a weekend ago. where at least on the cut side, even on the cut side. even the president had agreed to at least $3 trillion in cuts. that's our understanding. what we have coming out of the house right now as a bill that doesn't cut as much as the president had agreed to last weekend. and so we have on this side a bill that cuts about $1 trillion after a spin sport. again, i applaud the leader of the senate for putting forth a bill that at least he's moving us in the right direction. but again, it's $2 trillion short of where the president had been with leaders a week ago. or at least that's our understanding. i'm pretty sure that that understanding is correct. we also know that the general mantra, that's been adopted by wall street and by people that are looking at our country around the world that we need to do something that is at least a $4 trillion solution. so i would say to the senator from california who just spoke, i couldn't agree more. we have not addressed this situation the way that we s
candidly, that's a big step back from where we were a weekend ago. where at least on the cut side, even on the cut side. even the president had agreed to at least $3 trillion in cuts. that's our understanding. what we have coming out of the house right now as a bill that doesn't cut as much as the president had agreed to last weekend. and so we have on this side a bill that cuts about $1 trillion after a spin sport. again, i applaud the leader of the senate for putting forth a bill that at...